HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
Honourable Mr Justice P. VELMURUGAN
ARULMIGU SUNDARA VARADHARAJA PERUMAL TEMPLE – Appellant
Versus
THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND COMMISSIONER OF – Respondent
O R D E R
This Writ Petition has been filed to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the official respondents to consider the petitioner's representations dated 05.12.2022 and 09.10.2023 and to direct the official respondents to restore the Patta and other Revenue Entries in the name of the petitioner/Temple in respect of the land in Survey Nos.99/ 4 and 99/5, Virugambakkam, Chennai, belonging to Sri Sundara Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Virugambakkam.
2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the official respondents and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the sixth respondent.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that subject property belongs to the Temple. Revenue records from 1775 AD to current Patta and Town Survey Land Register, show that the land in Survey No.2, Block 21 Virugambakkam is under possession of the Temple for 240 years. Town Survey Land Register ( TSLR ) extract states that the property in question belong to the temple which has been blocked from any registration since 2021. However, the Patta land is wrongly classified as “Sarkar Poramboke land” in the TSLR. The CMRL has planned
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